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Knife-Wielding Man Is Killed

Police Say He First Withstood a Taser

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Tamer El-Ghobashy And

Alison Fox

Updated Oct. 4, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

A 24-year-old Manhattan man, who allegedly made a 911 call saying he wanted to "kill cops," was shot and killed by police officers Sunday after withstanding the jolt of a Taser and ignoring orders to drop the knife he was holding, authorities said.

Emmanuel Paulino was outside his apartment building in Inwood and was holding a knife in the aftermath of a party that was breaking up at about 5:30 a.m., authorities said. He had allegedly called a 911 operator before police arrived and said: "I want you to call...